Showered with Love!

2 Weekends ago, our families threw us a baby shower. We feel so blessed and excited that our children get to grow up with such loving people to grow up around. I didn't get pictures of everyone but these are a few! Note: If you notice Kaitlynn wearing numerous outfits throughout the pictures don't be alarmed! Asha and Mary brought a whole bag of clothes for her and she was trying them on during the shower on top of the clothes she was already wearing!

Here I am with my Grandma Clouse.
My mom and I
This can count as my 32 week belly picture, too!
Checking to make sure her cousin Kinley is okay. She's going to be such a good big sister!
Check out this adorable outfit from Asha. Her boots matched it perfectly!
Lots of helpers! You can also see the IA quilt my grandma made for him.
Great Grandma snuggling with Kinley
Snuggle time for Diane and Kinley
The awesome quilt my mom made with the fabric from our nursery!
Proud big sister with Great Grandma Clouse
Playing with Asha
Sweet sleeping Kinley. They spent the night out my parent's house with us so I got a whole evening of snuggle time with my new niece!
I'm sure we'll have many pictures like this to come in the near future!

I can't believe we only have 5 weeks (or less!) left until my c-section date. Hayden's going to be here SO soon! I'm getting more and more excited as each day passes. We've got the nursery in pretty good shape. Other than a few details we're ready for him to get here!

Cousins/Snow/30 weeks

Ryan and Sarah had their baby, Kinley Ann on December 27th. Sarah was not able to travel at Christmas so we came up to their house on New Year's Day to have our Hardie Family Christmas. Kaitlynn was a little wound up from all the Christmas festivities (over 2 weeks of it at that point!) but we had a good time. Kinley is such a doll and I enjoyed snuggling with her, as well as getting even more excited (and anxious!) for our little bundle of joy to arrive soon.

Proud Big Cousin

The next weekend, Abby and Annie flew in from Colorado. They came to our house for a 24 hour visit with Grammy and Papa Sewing. Cousin Jenna was able to join them, as well. It was so much fun watching Kaitlynn and Abby interact with each other. Abby thought everything Kate did was funny! It was so nice to see them, but wish it could have been for longer.
The big helper at lunch time
She loves her so much!
So cute!
The girls with Aunt Annie. Kaitlynn kept wanting her to hold both girls at the same time. Yes, she totally looks like Annie!
Silly face!
Bath time... This worked out a bit better than our first attempt at a bath together while we were in Colorado. Who knew the little baby bath tubs could float away!?! They had fun this time until Kaitlynn tried to love on Abby which then made her fall over into the water. Bath time was ended shortly after that!
Snuggling with her 2nd cousin, Jenna. It was really fun to be able to spend some time hanging out with her.

We've had a few snow days this winter and we've had a great time hanging out at home. This does mean that I'll have to go back to work at the end of the year for about a week, but I'd much rather do that then have to drive in 8 inches of snow.
All bundled up and ready to go play for the first time this winter!
She loved going down the snow filled slide!
Snow angels
Baby Update:
For the most part I'm feeling pretty good. I haven't had much swelling yet. Thank goodness! I could only wear flip flops at this point with Kaitlynn. I have had a bit more heartburn this time, but not too bad. Sleeping is already becoming uncomfortable so I've moved out to the couch or chair. I guess that just goes with the territory! I can't believe that he'll be here in 9 weeks. I have a feeling that's going to fly by! I will try to post some pictures of the kid's new rooms tomorrow or Tuesday, if we get another snow day!

Here is a 30 week picture for all of my fans...ha ha! I of course took a picture every month with Kaitlynn and have only taken 2 this time around. I'll try to be better here the next 2 months. :)

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend this year. We ended up having 4 big meals and loved every minute we had spending time with our families.

On Thursday we went over to Mary's house to celebrate Thanksgiving and have our first meal with the Sewing family.
Kaitlynn had a fun playing with all of Asha's toys. Papa even joined in the fun doing the doll's hair!

Later that afternoon we went back to my parent's house to have meal #2 with them. Afterward we helped decorate their tree.
This was a little dachshund ornament that looks just like Macee (Mae Mae) She thought it was pretty cool.
Helping to decorate Grandma and Grandpa's tree.
Helping Grandma set up the nativity scene
Friday evening we went over to Great Grandma Wiese's house for Meal #3.
She does love her cousin
Reading books with Aunt Janice

On Saturday we went over to Mark and Diane's for our Meal #4. This was their first Christmas in the new house so we got to help them decorate. Notice: in this picture, Kate is holding onto Grandma's leg. She was saying "I got you...I got you!" Sorry for the shot, Mom!!!
Cuddling with Grandpa

Skip a few weeks...

My childhood friend, Brooke got married on Saturday. Kaitlynn and I made the trip up to Iowa and had a fun time at the wedding and reception. There weren't many little kids around so she provided most of the entertainment for us, as usual! Can we say "Mini Daddy??"

We're all ready to go
A 24 week belly shot, although you can't really see anything.
Grandma and Grandpa
Not a great picture of Grandma, but a funny one of Kaitlynn cheezin' it up!
Funny faces with Mom!
Playing with her light up stick (which didn't work) from the DJ
Merry Christmas!

It's a...

Stubborn little BOY!!!! We went for our 2nd ultrasound on Wednesday after trying a month ago to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. At the first ultrasound, he was turned so funny that we could literally only see the brain and his spine. Although, it was nice to know those parts were healthy!!

On Wednesday he was head down and facing towards my front so it seemed like he should be in good position to solve this mystery. Except...he continued to be stubborn and had his legs crossed through out the ENTIRE ultrasound. We joked about how the baby was going to have a brown and pink nursery no matter what and had come to a conclusion we were going to have to wait and be surprised in March. I surprised myself at how calm I was at the thought of this. You all know how much of a planner I am!

Literally, seconds before she turned the machine off he opened his legs and we got a very brief glimpse of the important boy parts. Thankfully, she was able to freeze the picture and there is no doubt after looking at the picture that he is, in fact, a boy!! When she put the screen back to live mode, he already had his legs crossed again. I have a feeling this one is going to keep us on our toes!!!

I wish I had video of Matt's reaction because it was priceless! Most of you know that he wanted a boy very badly and part of the reason is because if we didn't have a boy then the Sewing name was done. Now we can pass it on for another generation! I guess, he didn't hear the tech say that it was a boy so he kept yelling out "What! It's a boy? What! It's a boy?...) It was pretty funny!

We had picked out the name Hayden for a boy the very first time we got pregnant and have liked it ever since. We are both very excited to finally be able to use it. Hayden Matthew will be here on our before March 29th. My c-section is scheduled for March 29th. Unless my water breaks, I go into labor or any other complications pop up before then (praying they don't) we will be meeting our little guy that morning!

I'm hoping to have some time this weekend to try to scan in the ultrasound pictures and some of Kaitlynn visiting Santa this week. She's VERY excited for Christmas this year and is having a great time learning about baby Jesus, looking at lights and helping Mommy to wrap presents!

Halloween 2010

Well...I at least have a little preview of Kaitlynn's Halloween. I've tried several times to upload pictures but it isn't working for some reason this evening. I'll have to try again later. Enjoy these pictures for now!

Practicing saying "trick or treat" with Grandma
Off we go with Daddy!
Here she is opening candy, taking one bite and then giving it to the rest of us so that she can open something else!
Happy Halloween 2010

A baby's on the way!!!

We're so excited to announce that Kaitlynn is going to be a big sister in April! I'm due April 9th and we couldn't be more thrilled! We were surprised at how quickly we got pregnant, but very thankful at the same time. I am now 13 weeks and we've made it through the first trimester. Yeah! We've already had 3 ultrasounds and got to hear the heartbeat again with the doppler on Friday. It was in the 160's. Boy or girl??? We'll hopefully be finding out the answer to that question on November 8th when I have my next ultrasound.

I've unfortunately been MUCH sicker this time around than I was with Kaitlynn. I had about 3 weeks where I was nauseous for literally 24 hours a day without a break. It has slowly, but gradually gotten better and now I still feel yucky off and on but for the most part it's better. Thank goodness! It's definitely harder having a 2 year old running around but she's been saying the funniest things lately that it's helped to keep my spirits up!

Speaking of the big sister. She couldn't be more excited about having a baby brother or sister! She talks and sings to my stomach ALL time and even tries to share toys and clothes with the baby. She is all about her baby dolls and taking care of them so I know she's going to be a big help!

Telling Aunt Sarah and Uncle Ryan. I think they were surprised!! Their baby is due in December so the new cousins will only be about 3-4 months apart. That will be a lot of fun!
We're so lucky that Kaitlynn can spend time with both grandparent's at the same time! Matt couldn't come with us the weekend Kaitlynn and I shared the news. So we all went out to dinner to celebrate Ken and Jean's anniversary and Matt called while we were eating and shared the news on speaker phone. :)
Showing Grandma the proper way to hold a baby. She's a pro already!
Just a cute picture of her saying "cheese" last week (ignore the dirty face!)

We went to Jodi Arnold's wedding a few weeks ago and these were the only pictures I could get of her. She LOVED the cameras on the table, though!
Here's the latest diaper cake I made. A teacher at my school ordered it. I thought it turned out pretty cute!
Now that I have a little bit more energy I can hopefully do better at updating the blog. We'll be sure to update you on Baby Sewing in the coming weeks. :)